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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
metamorphic
    adj 1: of or relating to metamorphosis (especially of rocks);
           "metamorphic stage"; "marble is a metamorphic rock that
           takes a high polish" [syn: metamorphic, metamorphous]
    2: characterized by metamorphosis or change in physical form or
       substance [ant: nonmetamorphic]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Metamorphic \Met`a*mor"phic\, a. [See Metamorphosis.]
   1. Subject to change; changeable; variable.
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   2. Causing a change of structure.
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   3. (Geol.) Pertaining to, produced by, or exhibiting, certain
      changes which minerals or rocks may have undergone since
      their original deposition; -- especially applied to the
      recrystallization which sedimentary rocks have undergone
      through the influence of heat and pressure, after which
      they are called metamorphic rocks.
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